June 9, 2011 Vail, CO

Riley & Valerie ~ Vail, CO
Valerie is one of my good good friends and I was so honored to be able to photograph her wedding! She grew up in Vail, CO and I used to live there years ago. But we both lived on Maui together, where our friendship really blossomed.  We both knew the beauty of the mountains that would be the backdrop to the wedding and I also know how gorgeous Val is and that the photos would be stunning. Val ended up marrying a friend of hers from middle and high school, they reconnected and fell in love.

The ceremony was actually at their old middle school's athletic fields! Of course the field was surrounded by the mountains and aspen trees- beautiful. After there ceremony we took photos around the grounds- Riley knew of an old outhouse that was neat for photos. Then on the way to Vail Village I asked Riley to pull over at this cool antique store we drove past on the way to the ceremony. Photos came out awesome!! The entire day was wonderful and I loved being able to be there for her as her friend and her photographer.

Here are just a few photos...

Jamie & Heather August 7, 2010

Stonington, CT
The Lighthouse Museum & the Wadawanuck Club

Heather and I went to the same school, Pine Point, from Kindergarten to 9th grade. She is actually a bit younger than me, my sister and her were in the same grade. With the help of Facebook she saw that I was a photographer living in San Diego. She contacted me about her wedding and we both agreed that having someone you know always makes the subject feel a bit more comfortable in front of the camera. Aside from our connection...I love the story of her and her husband. They met in Mass and turns out he is the nephew of one of our teachers from Pine Point! Such a small world! So another bonus of shooting this wedding aside from knowing Heather, it being in our beautiful home town, there were also going to be a couple of our teachers in attendance! 


The wedding ended up living up to all of my expectations...and I'm hoping Heather & Jamie's as well. We had great weather! After the ceremony we walked over to the docks and got on a family friends boat for a cruise around the point and then down to the Yacht Club that the reception was at. Such a beautiful happy wedding!!! I loved photographing it!! Thank you Heather & Jamie for asking me to share in your day!

Ali & Jonathan- Engagement

July 30th 2010, Coronado, CA

Ali & Jonathan's wedding is also going to be on Coronado, but we won't have time to go to the beach for their wedding photos so they really wanted to take their engagement photos there. I was excited because I suggested we start at the Coronado Community Center and then walk over to the beach to end the session. I've shot weddings at the CCC before and was interested in taking some with people out of their wedding attire. If locals can recall, San Diego this past summer was in a gray funk! So this day was gray and not too pretty- but I felt we made the best of it and I loved the colors they wore- it really made them pop!

Lesley & Adam - July 24th 2010

Tom Ham's Lighthouse, San Diego, CA

Leslie and Adam both got ready at the Sheraton down the street from Tom Hams. Thankfully we had enough time to take photos of the bride & groom separately before the ceremony. We started with Adam getting ready, then popped up to the girls getting hair and makeup done.  After we met Adam in the lobby and then headed over at Tom Hams. We had enough time to take photos of the groomsmen, then Adams family met and we were able to take those photos as well. Then we went back to the hotel to catch Lesley putting on her dress. I loved the lace trim on her veil! It made for pretty photos in the window. We then made our way to the ceremony but stopped along the way to take photos of her, the bridesmaids, and some of her family. As always downtown San Diego makes a great backdrop!
The ceremony and the rest of the photos went along nicely. My favorite part of the wedding was the dance off the bride and groom organized among certain guests! That was a blast to watch and photograph!!!

Elizabeth & Ian - Engagement

July 23rd 2010. Balboa Park, San Diego, CA

Elizabeth & Ian live near Balboa Park and thought it would be a great place to take photo for their engagement session. I always enjoy shooting at Balboa and the challenge of taking photos where there are less people. That's the one snare about engagement sessions at the park- people. It always take about 20 mins or so for the subjects to relax and warm up to the camera... with Balboa being so crowded its easy to have on-lookers that make it a bit uncomfortable for taking photos! Thankfully Balboa is a big place and its easy to find less crowded spots!

Jeff & Amy June 26, 2010

West Greenwich, RI

Amy and Jeff are a great couple that I know through my sister & my brother-in-law. In fact Amy second shoots with me when I have weddings on the East Coast and Jeff was my brother-in-laws best man at their wedding. The location of their wedding was also special, it was at the Alton Jones campus at the University of Rhode Island,  my Alma Mater. It is a big cabin compound on this lake surrounded by woods! So pretty! We had a beautiful day with wonderful clouds. And Amy & Jeff had a great crew of family and friends to celebrate with them! Such a great wedding!! I had a blast capturing it!!!

Enjoy the photos!!!!

Kevin & Heidi May 19th, 2010

Marshfield, MA
Heidi is a good friend of mine from college. We met our freshmen year at URI and have been friends ever since. The last place we lived together was on Maui! She has since been living back in Mass. I was to happy that she asked me to photograph your wedding. Knowing your photographer is such a bonus. I feel the client and myself fell comfortable and I think she trusted me that I would deliver! She got dressed at her parents house in Hummarock, MA which is right on the water. The ceremony and reception were inland at a country club. Her ceremony and reception were early in the day which allowed for a chill backyard after party at her brothers house. This made for a challenging shoot! With the sun being at it's highest and brightest. So I convinced them to a after wedding shoot back in Hummarock for the photos of just her and Kevin. It really paid off! I saw this rundown beach cottage that had a great feel... I also found a piece of"trash" that was a wooden print of an American flag. It made the photo look like a Ralph Lauren shoot! Thanks for trusting my vision!!!